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Menzies' Fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

Photo by Brian38
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Description:

Amsinckia menziesii is a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family, the borage or forget-me-not family. Stem is erect and covered with tiny hairs or bristles (as are the leaves). Tiny yellow flowers are clustered at the terminations. Flowers have a calyx with 5 lobes - tube yellow with wide unrestricted throat with or without red dots. Pale yellow-flowered forms usually do not have red dots in throat. Can grow to 15 in. tall

Habitat:

Spotted in open sagebrush grassland at the Whiskey Dick Wilderness Area. Prefers open meadows and shrub-steppe. Range is western North America.

Notes:

Its seeds are the favorite food of Lawrence's goldfinch during that Californian bird's nesting season of spring and early summer.

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